Tiberius, 14-37 Drachm Caesarea Cappadociae 33-34, AR 17.5mm., 3.82g. TI CAES AVG PM – TR P XXX – V Laureate head of Tiberius r. Rev. DRVSVS CAES TI AVG F COS II TR P IT Bare head of Drusus l. C 2. BMC 171. Sydenham Caesarea 4. RIC 86. CBN 159. RPC 3622.

Lovely old cabinet tone, Good Very Fine.

Ex NAC sale B, 1992, 1764.

Drusus was the son of Tiberius and husband of Livilla, his cousin and also sister to Germanicus and Claudius. Drusus had an active and successful political and military career. Unfortunately his wife was coerced by the traitor Sejanus to issue a slow acting poison to her husband and he eventually died in 23 AD. He had been granted tribunician powers in 22 AD and would have been the logical successor to Tiberius. With his death it became possible for Caligula to succeed Tiberius. In addition, winning bids of EEC clients for this coin are subject to a 5% fee on hammer price as a reimbursement for import duty paid to HMRC.